Is It Better To Kepp Stairs Carpeted Or Install Wood

Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.

Is it better to kepp stairs carpeted or install wood.

Should we go with carpeted stairs or hard wood. When it comes to safety carpeting wins the debate hands down. If you ve got small children or elderly members of your family using the stairs often then carpeted stairs is recommended. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.

Hardwood is a good because high traffic throughways would benefit from a durable low maintenance flooring. The adage better safe than sorry definitely applies to stairs. If you do have hardwood stairs you may want to consider a runner to increase safety. Hardwood is however generally more expensive than carpets but it is also easier to maintain and it lasts longer than a carpet.

One main floor option is hand scraped laminate with carpet up the stairs to the bedroom where carpet will be the entire upper floor then carpet will also go down the stairs from the main floor to the basement rec room and guest space this will be some kind of floating floor. By contrast wooden stairs can be cleaned with a whisk broom and dustpan. Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

This is our stairs before. Cleaning carpeted stairs mean using a handheld vacuum and you will never be able to get them perfectly clean. Carpets provide safety for stairs even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs. Carpet on the other hand would muffle those high traffic sounds and make for a safer stairway.

Installing it on stairs requires stapling it or gluing with a flooring adhesive. Stapling is quicker and cleaner but a glue down installation is more permanent. Having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Both carpet and wood stairs cost a lot of money to purchase and lay on the stairs. With carpeted stairs you will never be able to adequately clean that angle where tread and riser meet.

Outdoor carpet is very thin and durable and appropriate for use in a laundry room or basement as well as on stairs.